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- Trauma recovery support
- Relationship communication
- Practical coping skills
About Diane
Diane Langston-Schicker is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida with 27 years of experience. She focuses on helping people find steadiness during stressful and painful times. Diane works with individuals facing depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and major life changes.
Her work centers on listening carefully and tailoring sessions to each person’s needs. Diane draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment-based work, and client-centered methods to help clients identify patterns and try new behaviors. She also uses EMDR when trauma processing is appropriate.
Diane pays attention to everyday challenges such as sleep problems, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She helps people manage symptoms and build practical skills for daily life. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, coping strategies, and steady routines.
She also supports people dealing with identity and relationship concerns, including LGBT issues, intimacy questions, and body image. Additional areas she addresses include grief, addiction, ADHD, and blended family dynamics. Diane mentions work with abandonment, adoption and foster care topics, and caregiver stress among other focuses.
Her style is warm and straightforward. Diane aims to help clients rediscover strengths and make concrete changes. For those seeking a collaborative therapist in Florida, she offers experience and a patient approach to recovery and growth.
Her work centers on listening carefully and tailoring sessions to each person’s needs. Diane draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment-based work, and client-centered methods to help clients identify patterns and try new behaviors. She also uses EMDR when trauma processing is appropriate.
Diane pays attention to everyday challenges such as sleep problems, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She helps people manage symptoms and build practical skills for daily life. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, coping strategies, and steady routines.
She also supports people dealing with identity and relationship concerns, including LGBT issues, intimacy questions, and body image. Additional areas she addresses include grief, addiction, ADHD, and blended family dynamics. Diane mentions work with abandonment, adoption and foster care topics, and caregiver stress among other focuses.
Her style is warm and straightforward. Diane aims to help clients rediscover strengths and make concrete changes. For those seeking a collaborative therapist in Florida, she offers experience and a patient approach to recovery and growth.
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How Diane’s approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and reactions. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and try new ways of connecting that feel safer and more reliable.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It offers concrete exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is used for processing trauma; it involves guided techniques to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and their emotional impact.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Diane will talk with each person about goals, history, and preferences and then suggest a plan together. That plan can combine methods and adapt over time as needs change.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as scheduling shorter check-ins during a work break or avoiding travel time. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm the available online options before booking. Many people appreciate that remote sessions let them keep therapy consistent while managing daily responsibilities.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Imago Relationship TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
27+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Diane works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and career or life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is compassionate and practical, focusing on listening, building coping skills, and helping clients try new ways of relating and behaving.
How much experience does she have?
She has 27 years of clinical experience working with adults on emotional, relational, and trauma-related issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Florida licensed marriage and family therapist listed as LMFT and practices in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.